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South Korea's CJ Group chairman Lee Jae-hyun is taken to prison in Seoul after a court approved the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant. The head of South Korea's largest food and entertainment conglomerate was detained on July 1 over alleged tax evasion and embezzlement.

South Korea's CJ Group chairman Lee Jae-hyun is taken to prison in Seoul after a court approved the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant. The head of South Korea's largest food and entertainment conglomerate was detained on July 1 over alleged tax evasion and embezzlement.

South Korean Buddhist monk protesters participate in a protest rally against government policies in Seoul on Monday. The monks denounced intervention in last year's presidential election by the National Intelligence Service and demanded an investigation.

South Korean Buddhist monk protesters participate in a protest rally against government policies in Seoul on Monday. The monks denounced intervention in last year's presidential election by the National Intelligence Service and demanded an investigation.

An auctioneer, in the center, gestures during an auction at the Noryangjin Wholesale Fish Market in Seoul early on Thursday. Established in 1927, the Noryangjin Fish Market runs 24 hours a day and is the largest in Seoul. On Tuesday the Korean National Assembly amended its fisheries law to help curb illegal fishing by increasing penalties to a maximum of three times the value of the fish caught.

An auctioneer, in the center, gestures during an auction at the Noryangjin Wholesale Fish Market in Seoul early on Thursday. Established in 1927, the Noryangjin Fish Market runs 24 hours a day and is the largest in Seoul. On Tuesday the Korean National Assembly amended its fisheries law to help curb illegal fishing by increasing penalties to a maximum of three times the value of the fish caught.

A man watches a television news program showing Kenneth Bae at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul. The American imprisoned in North Korea has told a pro-Pyongyang media outlet that he wants the U.S. to try harder to help him gain amnesty from a sentence of 15 years of hard labor for alleged crimes against the government. Bae, interviewed last week at a special North Korean prison where he is serving out his sentence, told the Tokyo-based Choson Sinbo that he had hoped to be out by Thursday, July 4, 2013 which is not only Independence Day but his father's 70th birthday.

A man watches a television news program showing Kenneth Bae at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul. The American imprisoned in North Korea has told a pro-Pyongyang media outlet that he wants the U.S. to try harder to help him gain amnesty from a sentence of 15 years of hard labor for alleged crimes against the government. Bae, interviewed last week at a special North Korean prison where he is serving out his sentence, told the Tokyo-based Choson Sinbo that he had hoped to be out by Thursday, July 4, 2013 which is not only Independence Day but his father's 70th birthday.

A South Korean soldier, on the right, stands guard on the Grand Unification Bridge which leads to the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul on Thursday. South Korea and North Korea agreed to hold talks aimed at reopening a jointly run factory park near the armed border between the two countries just three weeks after their last attempt at dialogue faltered amid bickering over protocol.

A South Korean soldier, on the right, stands guard on the Grand Unification Bridge which leads to the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul on Thursday. South Korea and North Korea agreed to hold talks aimed at reopening a jointly run factory park near the armed border between the two countries just three weeks after their last attempt at dialogue faltered amid bickering over protocol.

South Korean owners who run factories in the suspended inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex, attend an emergency meeting in Seoul on Wednesday. The owners demanded the South Korean Unification Ministry approve a visit to the North Korean border town Kaesong and insisted their government and North Korean authorities resume operation of the joint industrial complex.

South Korean owners who run factories in the suspended inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex, attend an emergency meeting in Seoul on Wednesday. The owners demanded the South Korean Unification Ministry approve a visit to the North Korean border town Kaesong and insisted their government and North Korean authorities resume operation of the joint industrial complex.